Club records, 1936-1959.

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Club records, 1936-1959.

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Minutes and cashbooks of a group that met monthly for lectures and discussions on topics of political, economic, and cultural interest, including economic recovery programs during the Depression of the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), World War II, postwar issues, civil liberties, Minneapolis political and civic events, and the merger (1943-1944) of the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties.

7 v. in 1 box.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minneapolis Social Science Study Club (Minn.).

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Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

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Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) was officially formed on April 15, 1944, the result of a merger of the existing Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor Party. Although the two entities had competed vigorously throughout their pasts, they had been brought into closer harmony through their mutual support of New Deal programs, through Popular Front collaborations during World War II, and through a realistic acceptance of the fact that they were effectively splitting the s...